Improvement in weeding-maohufes



To, ALL WNHOM` 1T MAY (jonrones:

A @uur faire ef't-fffi'w NIGOLAUS CARSTENS AND "CHARLES CARSTENS, or vNaw YORK, N.- Y.

Laar; Patent No. Metadaten Meer 24, 1868.

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Be it known thatwe,LNIcor.'uns CAns'rnNs and CHARLES Omer-ENS, ofthe city, county, andl State of New York, have invented a new and improved Weeding-Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following -is a. full, clcar,.and exact description thereof', 'which will enableothersskilled in the'art tomake and use the-same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, formirigel part of this specification, in whichf Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section ot' our improved weeding-machine. v

Figure 2 is a plan ortop view of-'the same. V l i l Similar letters ofr reference indicate corresponding parts. i

lihisinvention relates to a new machine for removing and destroying weeds from walks and other places; and consists inthe application of a'f'revolving raken'rear ofthe weeding-tool, for the purpose of throwing around and separating the weedsthat were I4cut o` by the tool, and to deposit them upon the ground or into a box, so that they cannot grow again. 4 i

g In ordinary weeding-instruments the plants cut oit4 were mixed with, and sometimes broughtv under the ground, and were thereby kheptV in' thesoil, whereby many ottlicrn were caused to grow and thrive again but by havingthe rake, the-plants will all beseparated from the ground and replaced upon but not intermingled Y with the same, and they willbgiexposed to the dangerousinluence of the sunfs rays.

` Al,inV the drawing, represents the frame of'our improved weeding-machine. The same isof suitable size and construction, and is partly supported by'a-suitable wheel or wheels, B, in any suitable manner. C is the ulpand down adjustablewecdingtool 'or cutter, 'arranged onf the frame A.` Behind the cutter is a revolving horizontal rake, D, with suitable teeth,a a, driveprbya band from the wheel B, or otherwise. @he operation will, from the foregoing, be fully understood.

The cutter() has uptnrned ends,V which are, by means of pins Z1, pivoted to the frame A. lBy having the cutter thus pivoted, it will, when the machine is set irl-motion, stand inclined, with its cutting-edge on the ground, as shown inig.'1;`v and by this arrangement the cutter is made yielding to obstructions, and is held in aposition which allows it vto get atth'e roots of `the woods. i

Having vthus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, andfdcsire to secure by Letters Patent, isu1. Arranginga revolvingirakc inV rear of the cutter of a weeding-machine, substantially as and for the purpose hereiny shown andrdescribed.

'2. Pivoting the cutter of a weeding-machine to the frame, so that it 4can swing freely on the pivots, substantially as lfere'inehown and describe n l NICOLAUS 'GARSTEN S,

CHARLES CRSTENS.

Witnesses: V WM. F. McNAMAnA,

AtEX, Rennais. I 

